Demonstrating for birth control coverage in Today in Pictures

A group of people organized by the NYC Light Brigade and the women's rights group UltraViolet, use letters in lights to spell out their opinion, in front of the Supreme Court Monday in Washington. The Supreme Court is weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge.

A Secret Service officer checks a Chinese performer dressed as an ancient warrior as U.S. first lady Michelle Obama visits a nearby city wall in Xi'an, in northwestern China's Shaanxi province, Monday.

A shoe-shiner polishes the boots of a policeman who is standing guard during a protest organized by artisan and small-scale gold miners in Lima, Peru. The miners marched in the country's capital for the fifth day asking the government to repeal regulations aimed at formalizing informal miners.